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See also: : [U+003A COLON], ˸ [U+02F8 MODIFIER LETTER RAISED COLON], ː [U+02D0 MODIFIER LETTER TRIANGULAR COLON], ׃ [U+05C3 HEBREW PUNCTUATION SOF PASUQ], ։ [U+0589 ARMENIAN FULL STOP], [U+205A TWO DOT PUNCTUATION], and [U+2236 RATIO]

U+A789, ꞉
MODIFIER LETTER COLON

[U+A788]
Latin Extended-D
[U+A78A]

Translingual

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Symbol

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  1. (NAPA) Alternative form of for vowel length (e.g. a꞉).
  2. A component of the vowel letters a꞉ and o꞉ in a number of languages Papua New Guinea (e.g. Gobasi ⟨Go꞉bosi⟩).

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Budu

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Letter

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  1. The grammatical tone marking past tense.
    See also .

Cayuga

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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  1. Found in the Cayuga letters a꞉ e꞉ ę꞉ i꞉ o꞉ ǫ꞉.

Halkomelem

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(no case)

  1. (Stó꞉lō) A marker of long vowels and geminate consonants in the Halkomelem alphabet.

Usage notes

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In the Musqueam alphabet, this is not used with consonants, and a꞉ e꞉ i꞉ u꞉ are considered separate letters.

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Khoekhoe

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Letter

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  1. (obsolete) the palatal click, modern ǂ (Besides the single letter, ⟨꞉⟩ is also used in digraphs for the palatal click consonants ꞉k ꞉g ꞉n ꞉h ꞉kh ꞉ch.)
    See also , ʼ, ʻ.

Kiowa

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(no case)

  1. A mark of vowel length in the Kiowa alphabet.

Usage notes

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Appears after the letter for nasalization. For example, IPA(key): /õː/ is written ⟨on̶꞉⟩.

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Kuni-Boazi

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Letter

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  1. A letter for vowel length in the Boazi alphabet.

Lashi

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Letter

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  1. Low lexical tone.

Usage notes

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The only final plosive that occurs on syllables with this tone is [k]. This tone letter is thus restricted to the sequences a꞉ am꞉ an꞉ ang꞉ ag꞉ (and similarly for other vowels).

Lhao Vo

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Letter

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  1. Low lexical tone, on a syllable ending in a vowel or in any consonant but glottal stop.

Usage notes

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A final glottal stop on a low-tone syllable is written ;.

Sabaot

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Letter

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  1. The grammatical tone that marks a subject.

Seneca

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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  1. Marks long vowels: a꞉ ä꞉ e꞉ ë꞉ i꞉ o꞉ ö꞉.

Yele

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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  1. Marks nasal vowels.

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